American “air space.” Into move simply would air” American into over would “China’s bad because pointless were efforts climate U.S. That suggested Walker government with change climate curb to efforts and Deal” New Green “the on thoughts his shared Trump, President by endorsed and Senate for running is who star NFL former the Walker, Herschel Georgia, in event campaign a AtOutput: At a campaign event in Georgia, Herschel Walker, a former NFL star who is running for Senate and endorsed by President Trump, shared his thoughts on “New Green Deal” and suggested that efforts to curb climate change in the U.S. Were pointless because moving American air space over to China would be a bad idea.
While they’re messing up ours, it’s now time to clean that back and move it over to our good air space. Since we don’t control it, we decided to float our good air over to China’s bad air. Under the New Green Deal, he said, the U.S would spend billions of dollars cleaning up our good air. In his video speech, Walker begins at about the 24-minute mark, stating that America has some of the cleanest water and air in the world.
He continued, “Spending money is exactly what we’re doing.” It’s time for us to start cleaning up and they can help us get the necessary supplies and support until we can board and clean what they have in these other countries. We’re already doing it the right way.
We find almost every aspect of this claim to be completely inaccurate. The description of how air circulates around the world is not correct, and Walker’s assessment of “bad” and “clean” air is an oversimplification. The United States, under the “New Green Deal,” is not actively working towards achieving zero-net greenhouse gas emissions. The nonbinding resolution introduced in Congress in 2019 lays out a broad vision for how the country might tackle climate change over the next decade, but it did not pass the Senate vote. The “Green Deal” does not propose spending billions or millions of dollars to clean up our air, nor does it address traditional air pollutants. More information about the “Green Deal” can be found by reading the facts on the “Green Deal” website.
Please read more about the harmful effects of air pollution here, here, and here. These harmful air pollutants affect most of the local residents. It is also pointless to suggest curbing these pollutants solely from the local source because other sources in the vicinity will still emit pollutants. These greenhouse gases, which trap heat in the Earth’s atmosphere, primarily result from the burning of fossil fuels, particularly as a result of human activity on a global scale. However, carbon dioxide is primarily responsible for climate change. Near-surface pollutants such as particulate matter and sulfur dioxide can be transported to high altitudes by strong winds and then spread to other continents and oceans. Yes, some forms of air pollution can travel to other places. It is not the case that “good” air pollution can override “bad” air pollution, or vice versa.
According to Jessica McDonald at Factcheck.Org.
“Each of these gases can remain in the atmosphere for different amounts of time, ranging from a few years to thousands of years,” the Environmental Protection Agency has explained. “All of these gases remain in the atmosphere long enough to become well mixed, meaning that the amount that is measured in the atmosphere is roughly the same all over the world, regardless of the source of the emissions.”
“There can be enhanced concentrations near point sources and urban areas, but the levels of atmospheric CO2 over the US aren’t drastically different than over China,” Davis said in an email, referring to carbon dioxide. He noted that in April 2020, carbon dioxide levels over China and the U.S were within three to four parts per million of each other.
In other words, there is no American “good air” or Chinese “bad air.” When it comes to greenhouse gases, everyone ultimately shares the “air” — and the concentration of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere is increasing. This is raising the global average temperature, which is also causing other effects, such as sea level rise, ice melt and more extreme weather.